8/8 - Cubs (Taillon) vs Mets (Carrasco): 6:10pm, Marquee

[Bobson Dugnutt]

TOOTBLAN king

[UMFan83]

And then Tauchman strikes out on a check swing on a bad pitch to end the inning. Yuck

[Irrelevant Dude]

As promising as that inning started, that was a real turd of a finish.

[jersey cubs fan]

TOOTBLAN inning

 

this is not a real contender 

[Brian707]

2 outs on the bases and a check swing strikeout 

[We Got The Whole 9]

You wonder what Smyly and Taillon's lines would have looked like if they IBBd Alonso.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Decent odds Nico gets ejected before they leave New York

[We Got The Whole 9]

Just the 2nd K for Belli in August and 3rd since July 26th. He also donged 3 times in that period.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Nats lost game 1 to the Phillies, and lead game 2 by 1 in the 5th

Marlins lead the Reds by 1 in the 8th

Brewers/Rockies scoreless after 3

[jersey cubs fan]

3 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Nats lost game 1 to the Phillies, and lead game 2 by 1 in the 5th

 

According to the neighbor’s air horn the Phillies at least tied it up. 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Heck of an outing by Taillon. Earning that trust.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Excellent job by Jamo

[UMFan83]

Yeah outside of the HR he was nearly perfect.  Steele is still my dude but almost trust Taillon more than any other starter based on how they’re currently pitching 

[chibears55]

Starting to like Taillon 

[chibears55]

Let put up a crooked number here and get him and the team a W

[UMFan83]

I’m so sick of bad umpiring. 

[CubinNY]

Taillon earned himself some Jameson with this start

 

[UMFan83]

Pride of Palatine!

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Tauch that Tauch

[Transmogrified Tiger]

That HR carried...a lot more than I thought it would off the bat

[We Got The Whole 9]

Tauchman just keeps raking 

[UMFan83]

Reds winning streak stopped at 1 game

[Derwood]

MLB umpires continue to shine

[Bobson Dugnutt]

This ump has been brutal.

[UMFan83]

You all collectively read a lot about baseball, have there been any articles about umpires calling balls and strikes much worse than years past or is this just some narrative I created in my head at some point and fed by confirmation bias?